Discoveries from Czechoslovakia World Cinema

Who would not remember the impressive robust acting of one of the most outstanding artists of the middle acting generation, a representative of many remarkable characters in which masculine strength dramatically met with the fragility of human feelings? Vlado Muller - a strong human individuality, a suggestive voice, an imposing appearance and an inimitable ability to touch the depths of the human soul, the seriousness of moral dilemmas, sovereignty and weakness. In the current play The Guy Nicknamed Brumteles by screenwriter Peter Ševčovič and director Franek Chmiel, Vlado Muller manages to use the breadth of his talent and ability to extremely sensitively depict the fate of a person whose active life changes in an instant to forced passivity. It is the story of an aging deputy of a large company who, after several heart attacks, is forced to retire early and a little boy who is having a hard time experiencing his mother's relationship with a new man.

Dobře placená procházka (English title: Worth While or A Well Paid Walk) is a Czech musical and film. The young couple Uli and Vanilla want to split up, but lust and money get in their way.

A youthfully enthusiastic teacher tries to raise the standard of living of the residents of a declining border village... A sympathetic young man with a suspended sentence was Josef Abrham's first big role. Miroslav Horníček often told a funny story from the set about his motorcycle rides.

In the middle of the eighteenth century, at the time of the Prusso-Austrian War, a cuirassier, a hussar and an infantryman meet by chance and hide together in a secluded place. The war has left different marks on each of them, but they all long for normal human happiness. Although they initially have different attitudes towards military service, they are changed by their stay in seclusion and the atmosphere of life in a peasant cottage and refuse to return to the Austrian army. But all three Theresian "misfits" take up arms again, which they no longer want to touch, when the solitude is overrun by the Prussians. They manage to cover the escape of the family and their child, but pay with their lives.

About two princesses, twins, indistinguishable from each other. Except that the "beautiful" one doesn't care about her education and the "smart" one doesn't care about her looks. Only the two sisters' efforts to get the same prince as their husband lead them to realize where they were wrong. They then know forever how little beauty means without wisdom and wisdom that despises beauty.

Little boy considers to have discovered traces of the aliens but in fact comes across the activity of small thieves.

A Czech documentary filmmaker's cinematic travelogue of Ireland.

Young knight John travels the world in search of fame and fortune, but also to help others and prove himself. However, things go dire fast and he becomes burdened with life's hardships. But then he meets a pretty water nymph, Mary.

Contemporary satire denounces careerism, dictatorial ways, sycophancy and servility. An inconspicuous official Javorník pretends to have saved the director of the company from drowning, thanks to his qualities he gains his favor and rises in positions. He even becomes the director's brother-in-law and eventually replaces him in the position. he is given a job position for which he has absolutely no adequate skills. Javorník's professional and official rise is accompanied by his moral decline. However, another inconspicuous official appears near him and it seems that the carousel will repeat itself.

A TV film based on a short story by Alfonz Bednár. A drama set during the Slovak National Uprising.

A story about three teenage boys growing up in less than ideal families who decide to leave their parents and strike out on their own for fear of punishment for truancy.

The construction of a gigantic facility such as the Dukovany nuclear power plant requires only the most capable experts. Such is the engineer Hlaváč, who has been involved in the project from the very beginning as a construction manager. He has to deal with many problems, especially the lack of manpower. He is unfairly demoted to a lower position due to the intrigues of his subordinates and the alibi of the management, but time proves him right and by the time the plant is inaugurated, he is once again the main manager. But the demanding job takes its toll, his heart cannot withstand the frantic pace of work...

A first part of a funny adventures of six years old Lucie and her two magic dolls.

A troupe of young women on post-apocalyptic earth are lead around by a mistress born before the war, eventually stumbling into the company of a lonely old man.

Television adaptation of Štefan Králik's play. A psychological drama from the interwar period, it depicts the story of a village married couple who live together for seven years, but the desired child does not come. Into this situation comes the husband's younger brother, a world traveler who wants half of the property. He threatens the woman that he will reveal to her the lapse from her youth, because of which she cannot have a child. A husband finds a dropped child. He decides to take him in and raise him, and after his brother's departure, to live in understanding with his wife again, despite the disappointment she has prepared for him.

MUDr. Pěnička, an incorruptible and honest dentist, constantly has problems passing his driving test. In vain, his wife Boženka looked forward to a trip in a new car. Pěnička did not overcome his nervousness this time either and failed the driving test at the driving school again. When he is alone with an instructor behind the wheel, he drives like a top, but when someone else is sitting behind him, he is nervous and all his skills and knowledge are gone...

A young man is waiting on a park bench for his beloved to arrive. She meets a seductive old man in the window of a goldsmith's shop who gives her the jewelry she admired in the window. The young man sees his lover's relationship with the old man intensifying and enters an almost irreparable crisis.

Lovely overview of traditional Slovak Christmas.

A story about how it is sometimes very easy to make a bad decision, but very difficult to make up for it... Prince Philip managed to sacrifice his friend's life quite easily, but it was not so easy to deal with his own conscience. Although the prince regrets his action, he does not know how to make amends. It is only the fearless and clever Bětka who manages the seemingly impossible and together with the prince rescues Martin from the captivity of the evil sleigh.

He hopped, jumped, played with a cat in the meadow, rolled barrels, did somersaults and all kinds of other comedies, and in the process somewhere he got a sharp splinter in his paw. It was a small splinter, but it hurt a lot and he couldn't step on that leg very well. Cat proceeds to cure his paw while telling him a story about the proud nightgown.

The story tells about how a puppy discovered a beehive and honey in it, which he took from the bees, for which he was punished. Subsequently, a bee guide appears to him in a dream, who explains to him how honey is produced and how difficult it is to produce. That same night, three naughty mice are going on a robbery expedition. It's up to the puppy to stop them and protect the beehive from another robbery.

A person wakes up in the morning, does a casual workout, and rushes to work. Chased by the constant ringing of the alarm clock, they whizz through the day: dictating, making phone calls, and stamping...

When former criminal Gaudl discovers the strange behaviour of his son-in-law Professor Horacek, he becomes worried about his daughter Hedwig and starts to gather evidence. When his suspicions seem justified, he visits his former colleague and friend, Lieutenant Colonel Maca. Little does Hedvika know that her husband is having an affair with their lodger Daniela. When her husband tells her of his intention to divorce her, she makes a scene at the least convenient time, while driving the car. This causes a crash in which a young hitchhiker is killed. She persuades her husband to drive away from the scene of the accident. In doing so, she takes a picture of her husband hiding the young girl's corpse in the woods. She now has a gun in her hand to blackmail the man, who decides to settle the matter once and for all.